We wouldn’t even think about trying to compete with a fireworks display, especially on the Fourth of July.  So instead – we will reflect ...

Sharing some sound observations from Dalton Marshall on using Zoom Video Communications for mobile pipe band practice sessions... We've b...

June 8th marks our 14 year anniversary as an organization; we’ve come so far since our initial meeting and our first year together. Over ...

We’re all painfully processing the traditional pipe band season being shuttered. This doesn’t mean we can’t continue to make music. As CO...

Why do public safety pipe bands play the tune Balmoral to honor their fallen comrades? In asking this question it is important to underst...

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. There are many s...

Good Timber, by Douglas Malloch — what a great poem with an awesome reminder that although it is never fun to go through hard things, its...

This weekend we will be celebrating Mother’s Day. It’s a time we all take a moment to think about all the things our Mothers do for us in...

From LifeHack.org (by CATHERINE ALFORD) — We all know Henry Ford best for founding the world-renowned Ford Motor Company and transforming...

Saturday is Anzac Day – a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, originally commemorated by both countries every year ...

The sound of the bagpipes have always provided dignity and solemnity during times of mourning. Now more than ever, the sorrow of grief-st...

Listening to pipe bands across social media playing Amazing Grace during the COVID crisis should cause us all to stop, listen and look ar...

The phrase “grace under pressure” first gained notoriety when Ernest Hemingway used it in a profile piece written by Dorothy Parker. Park...

Massive thanks to The Big Rab Show for running this series of “5 What’s” and including our wee band from Raleigh, North Carolina 🇺🇸 in ...

Andrew Hoinacki of ar2|drumming is the finest example of how a instructor should operate. His instruction was instrumental keeping Wake &...

On Friday, 11 September 2015 members of Wake and District had the great honor to joyfully fill the air with the sounds of the bagpipes an...

Sharing from our Senior Pipe Major, Ken McKeveny: Did a bit of research on how to memorize tunes and scrubbed out some things that reall...

When a good cop leaves the ‘job’ and retires to a better life, many are jealous, some are pleased and yet others who may have already ret...

On Monday, February 3, 2020 -- the sound of the bagpipes filled the air at the Raleigh Police Memorial in honor of a Raleigh Police Offi...

Victor Hugo said — “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.“ It gives a soul to the un...